Detectives were taking an inventory of items Wednesday in a Chevrolet Camaro and trailer that was packed almost to capacity with cameras, tools, video equipment, clothing and other property stolen from California to Florida. A low estimate on the property value is about $30,000, said Orange County sheriff's Detective Larry Lockwood.

Daniel Walter Zamber, 34, was arrested Tuesday night at the Sun Motel on west U.S. Highway 192. Osceola sheriff's Sgt. July Rivers said Zamber was hiding under a bed in his motel room when deputies arrived about 6 p.m.

Earlier Wednesday, Zamber's 19-year-old wife, Janet, was taken into custody by security agents at Walt Disney World. Lockwood said the woman had stolen $160 from another patron at the amusement park.

Daniel Zamber is being held without bond in the Osceola County jail on auto theft charges from Yuma, Ariz. He also is wanted in Austinville, Va., on charges of obtaining money by fraud, Rivers said.

Janet Zamber was charged with grand theft and possession of stolen credit cards. She is being held in the Orange County jail on $10,000 bond.

The Camaro the Zambers were driving had been reported stolen from Arizona earlier this month, Rivers said.

Lockwood said investigators were tipped off to the couple when a visitor at Disney World reported the $160 stolen from her baby's diaper bag and pointed out Janet Zamber to guards. Lockwood said a search of Zamber's purse turned up two stolen credit cards.

Investigators said the couple left Virginia three months ago, ''zig- zagged'' across the country -- hitting about 20 states -- with stolen credit cards and checks. In each state, they would open checking accounts using false names, Lockwood said. Many of the stolen items were sold at flea markets, he said.

By Wednesday afternoon, technicians had finished logging stolen equipment inside the car and had begun tagging the goods in the trailer. Rivers said it would be weeks before investigators sort out the various cities where each item was stolen.